BURNEY, CALIFORNIA

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(041214) BURNEY
From Year=1948 To Year=2006
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 8 26 76 189 401 601 802 740 547 290 59 11 3748
40 S 8 34 109 299 699 1301 2102 2842 3389 3679 3738 3748 3748
45 M 1 4 22 92 261 452 647 585 399 163 15 2 2643
45 S 1 5 27 119 379 832 1478 2063 2463 2626 2641 2643 2643
50 M 0 0 3 33 145 309 492 430 259 71 2 0 1745
50 S 0 0 4 36 181 490 982 1413 1672 1743 1744 1745 1745
55 M 0 0 0 6 65 182 339 279 139 21 0 0 1032
55 S 0 0 0 6 71 254 593 872 1011 1032 1032 1032 1032
60 M 0 0 0 0 21 84 198 145 53 3 0 0 504
60 S 0 0 0 0 21 105 303 448 501 504 504 504 504
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 10 45 96 184 315 424 538 522 441 300 82 13 2972
50 S 10 55 151 335 651 1075 1613 2135 2576 2877 2959 2972 2972
M = Monthly Data
S - Running sum of monthly data.
Growing Degree Day units are computed as the difference between the daily average temperature and the base temperature. (Daily Ave. Temp. - Base Temp.) One unit is accumulated for each degree Fahrenheit the average temperature is above the base temperature. Negative numbers are discarded. Example: If the days high temperature was 95 and the low temperature was 51, the base 60 heating degree day units is ((95 + 51) / 2) - 60 = 13. This is done for each day of the month and summed.
Corn Growing Degree Day units have the limitations that the maximum daily temperatures greater than 86 F are set to 86 F and minimums less than 50 F are set to 50 F.
Table updated on Jul 28, 2006
Months with 5 or more missing days are not considered
Years with 1 or more missing months are not considered

Western Regional Climate Center, wrcc@dri.edu